Damned by diesel and beset by Brexit, the car industry's winners and losers start to emerge

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Brexit, diesel and snow are the issues not on everyone's lips at the Geneva Motor ShowCredit:
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Don’t mention the B-word. Or the D-word, for that matter, or the S-word. Because despite the uncertainty over Britain leaving the EU, the world turning its back on diesel fuel and the deadly snowstorms sweeping Europe, the entire automotive world is arriving in Switzerland with a self-assured sweep of new launches, cocktail parties and presentations. The Geneva Motor Show, the largest of its kind in the world, is about to begin.

But as we try to sort our CR-Vs from our Ceeds, our I-Paces from our A-Classes, you might look outside and wonder if this isn’t an example of a blindly over-confident industry. Because, as anyone can see, there's a storm brewing.